
About the work
Laundress Carrying Linen is a charcoal counterproof on laid paper by Edgar Degas, dated c. 1885–95. Edgar Degas (1834–1917) showed with the Impressionists but called himself a realist. He is known for dancers, bathers, racecourses and café scenes seen from unusual angles, in oil, pastel, monotype and print. The original is in the collection of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
More: All Degas prints


